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In response to "I always imagine it was mostly accidental. like people kept some seeds to eat later, and then they sprouted, or they threw all the inedible seeds away" by mafic

This is in line with current anthropological theory.

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Dec 5 '16, 22:56

It goes from basic gathering which leads to accidental planting as seeds are dropped as they're carried back to the village which leads to wholesale planting.

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But there is that one person who first made that connection. That is who I wonder about. -- nm - crash davis Dec 5, 23:05 2
- This will only serve to frustrate you further, but it's quite likely that it happened many times in many places over many hundreds/thousands of years - Mop Dec 5, 23:36 1
  - But it did happen first somewhere, I wonder about that person. -- nm - crash davis Dec 5, 23:50

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This is in line with current anthropological theory.

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